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Motivations, diffusing, back channels.... Can we turn this back into a
technical discussion? Somewhere in the ballpark of a simple +/-1
maybe.
-David
On Nov 4, 2004, at 4:31 PM, Geir Magnusson Jr wrote:
>
> On Nov 4, 2004, at 4:09 PM, Dain Sundstrom wrote:
>
>> On Nov 4, 2004, at 3:51 PM, Geir Magnusson Jr wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Nov 4, 2004, at 3:45 PM, Dain Sundstrom wrote:
>>>
>>>> It is covered in the subversion book http://svnbook.red-bean.com/
>>>>
>>>> Can understand why you would want to branch for security, but I
>>>> think you should keep working on your deployment stuff in the main
>>>> trunk.
>>>
>>> If it's easy to fold back in, why not do in a branch? There's
>>> clearly a difference of opinion here, one in which both sides feel
>>> pretty strongly. Out of respect and courtesy, why not do in a
>>> branch if the downside costs of having to bring it back to trunk are
>>> so low?
>>
>> If there are differences they should be aired on this list. I see
>> this as a back channel to not have Aaron implement a feature everyone
>> liked except Jeremy.
>
> They are being aired on the list. Doing the code in a branch (which
> seems to have no real extra cost) is also as transparent as can be.
> With no added work, with everything in public, how is this a "back
> channel", and how would this prevent, discourage or otherwise
> influence Aaron to not implement anything he wishes?
>
>>
>>> It's rather traditional in some other projects I've been in to
>>> demonstrate contrary ideas in a way that guarantees good exposure to
>>> the community, with little disruption.
>>
>> For a stable project that is not under active development, I
>> understand, but everything in geronimo is changing quickly. Should I
>> have implemented disabled gbeans in another branch? Should Alan
>> implement CORBA in a branch? Since this is the first time for
>> someone to branch, I suspicious of the motivations.
>
> You might then suggest what my motivations would be for trying to
> diffuse this in a way that everything can be done in the open.
>
> geir
>
>>
>> -dain
>>
>>
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